Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released their Strategic Plan for FY 2018 – 2022, erasing all mentions of the LGBTQ population and their unique health needs.
It is clear that this draft plan will continue the Trump-Pence administration’s history of putting ideology before agencies’ missions. As Politico points out, this strategic plan erases references of minority communities, including the LGBTQ population, mentions “faith” or “faith-based” organizations more than 40 times (as opposed to the three references in the Obama Administration’s plan) and uses anti-abortion language.